Excerpt from Colonial Currency Reprints, 1682-1751, Vol. 2: With an Introduction and Notes The Word of comfort to a melancholy country, etc., is given herein a different position in chronological sequence from that assigned it in the chronological list. This is in consequence of the conclusion that the eminent clergy man to whom the Letter to an eminent clergyman is addressed must have been the Rev. John Wise, the author of the Word of comfort, etc., and that the Letter was actually occasioned by the appearance of the other pamphlet. The Letter came out apparently in 1720, the Word of comfort in 1721, but both were really published in the spring of 1 721, and the confusion of years which results from placing a pamphlet published in 1720 after one published in 1721 is the result of the use without explanation of Old Style and New Style dates prior to March 25 in any year up to the time of the elimination of the cause of the trouble by the adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.